Re: [hylafax-users] Conversion to postscript using ActiveX or som e other means

[Michael Evans <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

GOBILLOT Gilles 116128 wrote:

> It's easy :
> Create a new printer 
> For the port you have to choose FILE
> For the printer choose Apple LaserWritter 16/600 PS or any type of
> PostScript (PS) printer
>
> From Word, juste print using this new printer. Windows just ask for a name
> of file ... 
>
>
> The quality of your PS file depend of the selected printer driver (so you
> can try more than one driver :-)
>
> _________________________________
>
> Gilles GOBILLOT 
> email : gilles.gobillot@xxxxxx
> _________________________________
>
>
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Kyle Roadman [mailto:kyle.roadman@xxxxxxxxx]
> Envoyé : mardi 16 septembre 2003 17:22
> À : hylafax-users@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : [hylafax-users] Conversion to postscript using ActiveX or some
> other means
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I've read through the mailing list archives on this topic, but still 
> would like to hear from anyone who has successfully implemented a 
> solution to convert microsoft word or other such documents to postscript 
> on the fly. We are trying to develop a fax web service that would allow 
> users to send any type of file, and an idea I've heard proposed was to 
> use an ActiveX control to simulate printing such documents to a file 
> using a postscript printer driver. Has anyone been or heard of someone 
> being successful doing such a thing? I would great appreciate any help, 
> as the wvWare and other such conversion programs are just not of high 
> enough quality to use. I know it is ideal to have users do the 
> conversion themselves from a given application, but we are doing this 
> under the concept of a web service with the idea of application 
> independence in mind.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help-
>
> Kyle
>
>
> ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________
>  To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
> On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null
>  *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxxxxx*
>
> ____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________
>  To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
> On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null
>  *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxxxxx*
>
>  
Some users, including myself, have had trouble with the drivers for HP 
postscript printers that come with Windows. These drivers appear to 
generate postscript output that Hylafax can't understand. As a result, 
your fax doesn't go anywhere, and Hylafax's log shows a fax of 0 pages 
in length. However, the Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS driver works fine.

Michael Evans



____________________ HylaFAX(tm) Users Mailing List _______________________
 To subscribe/unsubscribe, click http://lists.hylafax.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi
On UNIX: mail -s unsubscribe hylafax-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxx < /dev/null
 *To learn about commercial HylaFAX(tm) support, mail sales@xxxxxxxxxxxx*